Anel was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Anel as a girl’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2025
#11,932 (7)
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2024
#11,122 (8)
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2023
#8,486 (12)
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2022
#9,056 (11)
#3,228 (5)
2021
#11,146 (8)
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2020
#6,923 (16)
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2019
#6,414 (18)
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2018
#7,409 (15)
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2017
#7,442 (15)
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2016
#8,393 (13)
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2015
#7,613 (15)
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2014
#5,456 (24)
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2013
#6,462 (19)
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2012
#10,429 (10)
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2011
#10,374 (10)
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Anel as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2023
#12,239 (5)
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2017
#12,246 (5)
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2016
#12,185 (5)
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2013
#8,789 (8)
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2012
#10,770 (6)
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2011
#9,600 (7)
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2010
#8,139 (9)
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2009
#8,310 (9)
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2008
#6,763 (12)
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2007
#6,622 (12)
#4,333 (3)
2006
#6,094 (13)
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2005
#5,034 (16)
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2004
#6,138 (12)
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2003
#4,276 (19)
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2002
#5,395 (13)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1991 at #1,857.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1971.
In 2023, 71% of US babies named Anel were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
Next year
On its recent trend, Anel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 230,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 140,000 to 1 in 370,000.